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I recently encountered this factoid on this site, and I was wondering where this information came from
King Henry III, who ruled France from 1574-1589, appointed a rooster to serve as King for brief periods of time while he was traveling on at least six separate occasions.
Frankly, I don't really need to know where it's from; it's just that this fact seems more questionable or unbelievable than most of the others that I have seen on this site.
Thanks
Throughout history, many animals have been placed in power where a human might serve better. Some may view this as strange. However, the animal appointed is far safer for the traveling ruler. What is more likely to take over the country? A rooster that has only hens on its mind or another noble with royal ambitions? The rooster is clearly the best choice.
It's more of a symbolic gesture than anything else, and Henry III was a fairly paranoid man, so it makes sense he'd appoint the rooster, just so he would not be dethroned in his absence.
When the rooster DID have to make a royal decision while Henry III was traveling, an appropriate number of piles of seed would be distributed on the ground, and the fist one the rooster pecked at was his decision. Interesting stuff, I'd say.
Posted By: zeeglahI recently encountered this factoid on this site, and I was wondering where this information came from
And then you go onto say,
Posted By: zeeglahFrankly, I don't really need to know where it's from
So, why exactly did you make this post? Was it just to spam gullible.info and take time away from our hardworking fact checkers?
And to expound upon what my esteemed colleagues said, Henry was not only paranoid, he was also thought to have a mental disorder of sorts. Some experts say he exhibited Multiple personality disorder symptoms while other experts claim he was Bi-polar. The "royal decisions" made by roosters were far and few between. Apparently it only happened two times in the course of the rooster's reign.
Next time you post here, please make sure you aren't posting just to waste our time because our schedules are already busy enough.
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Cadet
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Lighten up on the newbies, cadet. Geesh!
Anyway, this rooster is where we get the term "cock of the walk." Naturally, it was illegal to damage the rooster in any way, even so far that startling it to the point that it lost feathers when it tried to fly away was punishable by lashings.
Ehhh....
I guess I get riled up easier in my old age. The other day, Tommy my 6 year old neighbor kicked his kickball into my yard. I just so happened to be pruning my trees with my trusty Stihl chainsaw when it happened. Well I tore his ball to shreds and threw the pieces back over the fence. Needless to say I overreacted a bit, and appologized and gave him a new ball.
Well the moral of the story is: Stay of my lawn you damn kids!
A lot of european royalty had disorders of some sort and King George III for instance was considered "mad"
Also, the Roman Emperor appointed a horse as consulate for the longest time as well
I heard an election in the early 1900's in Brazil had a monkey nominated.
The mayor of Sunol, California (where I used to bike) was a dog for the longest time. He would run away occassionally, and it would be in all the papers. They just didn't feel that they needed a mayor (the town was probably about 2,000 people at the time), so it was no biggie that it was a dog.
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